Manuel Graça

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Email: 
mgraca@ci.uc.pt
URI: 
MARE - UCoimbra
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
Aggregation
Research domain: 
River Basins
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Environmental Risk
Technological Tools for Exploration and Monitoring
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6470-8919
Scopus Author ID: 
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=70005609094
Researcher ID: 
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/https://publons.com/researcher/2678834/manuel-as-graca/
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manuel_Graca
Google Scholar: 
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6L6zYowAAAAJ&hl=en

Activity summary

I am interested in understanding: (1) The general ecology of small streams. (2) Factors ruling the the transference of energy and materials from the leaf litter to the consumers. Therefore, my studies include chemical changes in decomposing leaves, the ecology of the decomposers (aquatic hyphomycetes) and animals feeding on detritus. (3) Finally, I am interested in developing, improving and applying tools to assess environmental quality and the effect of pollutants in receiving system

Highlights

Livro: Rivers of South America Editorial Board: International Review of Hydrobiology Biomonitoring: Since 1991, every year, Biomonitoring Oeiras river, receiving effluents from the Neves-Corvo mine Recent paper: 2. Haase, P., D.E. Bowler, N.J. Baker, N. Bonada, S. …, M.A.S. Graça, … E.A.R. Welti. 2023. The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt. Nature. 620, 582–588. Paper: 3. Ferreira, V., M.A.S. Graça & A. Elosegi. 2023. A meta-analysis of drought effects on litter decomposition in streams. Hydrobiologia. 850:1715–1735 Paper: 5. Costello D.M. et al. 2022. Global patterns and controls of nutrient immobilization on decomposing cellulose in riverine ecosystems. Global Biochemical Cycles. 36(3): e2021GB007163. paper: 9. Boyero et al., 2021. Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics. Nature Communications. 12(1). 12:3700. Book: Bärlocher F., Graça M.A.S. & M.O. Gessner Ed. (2020). Methods to study litter decomposition. A practical guide (2nd Edition). Springer